Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... ITALIAN WRITERS . - No . I. DANTE . ( Knight's Quarterly Magazine , January 1824 ) , . CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . - No . II . PE- TRARCH . ( Knight's Quarterly Magazine , April 1824 ) , SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT ...
... ITALIAN WRITERS . - No . I. DANTE . ( Knight's Quarterly Magazine , January 1824 ) , . CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . - No . II . PE- TRARCH . ( Knight's Quarterly Magazine , April 1824 ) , SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT ...
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... Italy . " " I doubt she will not say the same of me , " replied Ligarius . " I am just as able to decipher an obelisk as to read a line of Homer . " " You barbarous Scythian , who had the care of your education ? " So. " An old fool ...
... Italy . " " I doubt she will not say the same of me , " replied Ligarius . " I am just as able to decipher an obelisk as to read a line of Homer . " " You barbarous Scythian , who had the care of your education ? " So. " An old fool ...
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... . We will celebrate the rite within . [ Exeunt . A sow was sacrificed to Ceres at the admission to the greater mysteries . CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . No. I. DANTE 50 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... . We will celebrate the rite within . [ Exeunt . A sow was sacrificed to Ceres at the admission to the greater mysteries . CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . No. I. DANTE 50 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... Italian literature , Dante has a double claim to precedency . He was the earliest and the greatest writer of his country . He was the first man who fully descried and exhibited the powers of his native dialect . The Latin tongue , which ...
... Italian literature , Dante has a double claim to precedency . He was the earliest and the greatest writer of his country . He was the first man who fully descried and exhibited the powers of his native dialect . The Latin tongue , which ...
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... Italian tongue . Indeed the great majority of the young gentlemen and young ladies , who , when they are asked whether ... Italy . The florid and luxuri- ous charms of his style enticed the poets and the public from the contemplation of ...
... Italian tongue . Indeed the great majority of the young gentlemen and young ladies , who , when they are asked whether ... Italy . The florid and luxuri- ous charms of his style enticed the poets and the public from the contemplation of ...
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